Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-30

with smallpox and could not see her for
long, long time, but he hoped for Ter
sake he would recover, for he felt she
cared for him and be knew he loved her.
ana If he died she was provided for. His
mine was rich one and half was hers
and halt his Mothers"
With sad heart went OF for his mule,
and, coming back fore | started to get
the gals last name, | found he didn't
know nothing at all, and Rose Martin,
looking like horrible ghost. white and
| thin with spotted face and that awful
yaller hair. was clamoring at the door to
be let in to care for him. Rumrill was
rough with her, had menaced her with a
clue. She come to me and grovelled on her
knees.
LET me take care of him." she sobbed.
''He got IL coming to me. to help a wicked,
bad woman like mo; him SO good and
pure, not like no other men. The dear.
! bOyish face, the kind heart. Oh. the
Colonel amt got the knowledge OF siok-
ness Five got. You've knowed me in
camps. Tom, for wears; you know | can
| nurse the sick. I've done it so often. Pm
straight this time. I'll give you my word.
| swear Pll leave as soon as be comes to.
Pll swear not to drink drop II you will
let me take care OF him. Only listen TO
me"
She pleaded so hard couldn't resist
and knowing she'd ready hand and was
skillful in sickness, | urged Rumrill to
let her in, which ne finally done, growl-
ing and calling her Yermin and then
rid of down the trail to find that Nelly
what kept millinery shop in Evergreen.
l didn't know her last name, but was
bound to find her and tell her that the boy
who loved her was Il calling her name IN
his sutferings and hsd left her we'll pro-
vided tor outer his hard earnings.
There want but one store in town, and
that was kept by Nelly Cook, so knOwed
that was the place. Getting to Ever
green 80 late, waited till morning; then
l walked over to the store. There was
| pretty little girl there trimming a bonnet
| and saluted her perlite:
Miss Cook" saysI.
"Oh, dear no." she laughs, "only the
prentice"
"Miss Cook 'r0undr
"Oh, abed yet, never's up afore 10, only
when her beau comes down, know him
Mart CrockerW
Slightly" / SAYS cautious.
IL think he's awful NICE" the gal went
on, turning her little head to one side,
looking at the bonnet like a chlpmuuk
'mv kind exactly, so perticulsr, ailus
stays till 90, never comes when she's
| alone nor walks with her, careful, but YOU
can't be TOO perticuler here-hard town
for gal, but you kin bet the Madam's
other fellers is hanging round here all
| the time"
"Oh," says |.
"leab, but the Madam Is after Mart ;
he's struck 1t rich, you know, and she
kin make money fly. Felers round here
is poor trash. but she lafs at him and
calls him green behind his back"
So she pratt ed on and felt as uncom-
Portable as eff | was setting on cushn Z
full OF pins. Pretty soon sae set up quick
shettinK her mouth with q snap and
heard the rustic OF stiff petticoats, and in
came the madam in a silk gown, faded
and dirty, with much dirty lace and
| jewelry not all real, but slim and gem
teel, with that appealing way and pretty
round baby face, with the soft little tair
curls-that was her-Nelly Fly, that ia
seen round mining camps for ten years,
since she was bold-faced little gal. old
| Gin FIy's daughter, and be was Killed
in blast six years before. Know Nelly
| Fly! There wasn't a miner OF re but
knOwed her. She was as mean as a Colo
| RADIO cactus, 'ud sting for the fun of it,,
and had ruined more good men than any
other woman | ever see. When her eye
| lit on me she sent the prentice of on an
| errand.
81 thought you was dead. Tom Pratt, p
she said.
y
fell into your clutches l says.
lis 1t WARP she asks.
"Open fighting, you shan't have him.
= If he wasn't as Innocent as a child he'd
see through you. He snail know the
! truth, though. l mind me of my pard,
Jack Green, as generous n man as ever
| trod and big-hearted teller. as you know,
aud | see him dead 8fore his cabin door a
! bullet in his heart. Shot by bis own hand
maybe, but married you and was drove
mad. This poor young teller is lying SICK
| and sends this letter, which I'd rather
! burn than 10 give it 10 you, but am bound
! in honor TO deliver il; but if he gets well
| pll tell him all, you bet, and there will
be war to the knife. That boys got q
noble, good mother. and I'd like 70 know
| how he could take a crestur ike rou to
her for daughter"
| ] went toward the door. She follerad.
"YOu're fool" she laugbe, "for | have
| him well stuffed. He wouldn't listen to
a word; he Will think there is q conspiracy
to hurt a working girl. He! he! Say
! your worst, old Daddy Pratt, you'd better
keep your breath to blow up some Of the
stock of your mine on paper, to tool East
| ern gulls."
met the prentice outside: "Seems to
me, 1 says, you've got in hard place
for decent gal"
Pa was drowned in Roaring Fork last
| year." she says flip enough. "a gals
got to work or s:arYe; good 10 yer.
! Oh, say" coming close and whispering.
"Pd like really now for you to Get the
! young teller out of her clutches
but la, he believes all she tell MIN
| Ia, Ia"
! didn't feel right pleasant going back
! but Mart had tolo me he writ to Box %,
| Denver, as was all the address his mother
| had give, so that night | set down and
! wrote out the facts, stating what I'd
! knowed of Nelly Fly, begging his mother
| to interfere, and tnrowed out p few hints
| that such fine woman as She wasn't
| treating the lad hardly fair. called
! round every day TO see Mart, and must
| say Rose Martin was n good nurse, hover
ing over nm night and day. and guarding
! him 80 well that his handsome face had
never scar and after two weeks, when
the danger was past, leaving him without
! q word.
Them creeturs has gratitOod at least"
Rumrlll sald, as If they was something IN
material history ana he'd discovered a
fact in their nalurs. The first thirg Mart
asked for was Nelly's letters, ana trere
was a stack OF them. What they said !
don't know, but he got kinder ofiish 10
me and seemed 10 be studying how
could be so mean to an Orphan gal, but he
never said word though. A month
later, ! think II was in June, he says to